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Mandarin Orange, Gorgonzola and Almond Delight

"This is an easy and flavorful citrus salad. The cheese makes it great, so use as much as you wish."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Almond and mandarin orange share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 41 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

The recipe

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Almond + mandarin orangetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Red wine + vinegartop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together569 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Vinegar + cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).

  4. Red wine + cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together105 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  5. Mandarin orange + vinegartop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together50 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs